Tver State Medical University and University of Saarland (Germany) signed inter-institutional agreement for the exchange of students and staff in the context of the Erasmus+ Programme.

The Erasmus+ aims to support actions in the fields of education, training, youth and sport for the period 2014-2020. Erasmus+ replaces the previous programmes bringing together: The Lifelong Learning Programme, The Youth in Action Programme, The Erasmus Mundus Programme, Alfa, Edulink, Tempus, etc. The Erasmus+ gives opportunities to students, trainees, staff and volunteers to spend a period abroad to increase their skills and employability. It supports organizations to work in transnational partnership and to share innovative practices in the fields of education, training and youth. Erasmus+ also includes a strong international dimension (cooperation with partner countries) notably in the field of higher education, which opens the programme to institutional cooperation and mobility of young people and staff worldwide. The centralized actions are managed at a European level by the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) located in Brussels, the decentralized actions are managed in each programme country by National Agencies that are appointed by their national authorities.

The TRAININCOMING Project of the University of Parma offers 30 grants to carry out a traineeship period at the University of Parma. The program is reserved for students coming from overseas universities having a running cooperation agreement with the University of Parma. The goal of the initiative is to consolidate the collaboration with partner universities and to make internationalization processes more concrete and measurable by participating students.

In the framework of the cooperation agreement with the University of Parma postgraduate student of the Department of Surgery Timur Valiev participated in the exchange program from October 17 to December 19, 2015. During this period Timur Valiev had traineeship in the surgical departments of the University of Parma. In addition to professional medical content of the program, courses of Italian language and culture were organized for participants from various countries.

On May 13, 2014
Tver State Medical Academy had pleasure to host delegation of the Tanzanian
People's Defence Force headed by Major General A.S. Mwabulanga, Chief of
Medical Service of the TPDF, and Brigadier General
M.A. Shinyambala, Defence Attaché of the Embassy of the United Republic of
Tanzania in Moscow.

The delegation made
acquaintance with the history and current status of Tver State Medical Academy,
the educational process and teaching curriculums, conditions and terms of
admission and studies for foreign nationals. The special area of interest of
the Tanzanian delegation was teaching of emergency medicine and disaster
medicine in TverSMA.

The counterparts expressed
mutual interest for potential cooperation in the following directions: training
of medical students for the TPDF, collaboration in research and exchange of
technology, exchange of practical experience in various areas of theoretical
and clinical medicine.

Tver State Medical Academy and the University of Parma, Italy have signed a three-year cooperation agreement. According to the agreement, the universities will work together in the areas of academic and student’s mobility, clinical and fundamental research, and joint applications for international funding opportunities.

The University of Parma is one of the oldest universities in the world, founded in the 12th century. Currently the university has 12 faculties, 30000 students and 2000 faculty and staff members.

The Russian German Medical Summer School is an annual event organized by Tver State Medical Academy and University of Saarland in Tver and Homburg. While content of School may differ every year, the permanent and principal aim is to provide students with a leading learning experience in the key areas of medicine, as well as to facilitate international communication of youth from the two collaborating universities.

The second Russian German Medical Summer School was hosted by Tver State Medical Academy from September 9 till September 14, 2013. 20 students from TverSMA and University of Saarland were brought together for comprehensive study of selected urgent conditions in internal medicine and surgery under guidance of experienced professors from Tver and Homburg. The conditions were discussed in detail in respect with their pathogenesis, evidence-based approaches in diagnosis and treatment, and the participants had opportunity to improve their practical skills during sessions with the use of modern dummies. One of the important features of the Summer School 2013 was the field trip to the mobile hospital of EMERCOM of Russia located in Moscow region.

The next Russian German Medical Summer School is scheduled for 2014 in Homburg, Germany.

Euroanaesthesia 2013 – the annual conference of the European Society of Anesthesiology took place in Barcelona, Spain from June 1-4, 2013. This forum is the platform for exchange of views, ideas, experiences and presentations of research results by leading European specialists in anesthesiology. The event was attended by representative of Tver State Medical Academy Prof. S.I. Sitkin, head of department of anesthesiology, resuscitation and intensive therapy, who delivered presentations on the recent research at his department on the following subjects:

the use of sevoflurane and laryngeal mask airway (LMA) in the dental practice for mentally retarded children;

influence of spinal and general anesthesia on plasma level of the n-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide in elderly patients during early post-operative period;

effect of intra-abdominal pressure in pregnancy for the development of spinal block in cesarean section.

Tver State Medical Academy is proud to be featured in the Cambridge University Students' Union "The Guide to Excellence 2013" — the prestigious international publication, which highlights best practices in education in 150 organizations throughout the world.

The University of Cambridge is a model of educational excellence. However, Cambridge's historic reputation does not mean it's an institution stuck in the past. On the contrary, the university and colleges continue to invest in the future, to continue providing outstanding education for students today and tomorrow. Produced by Cambridge University Students' Union and the UK-based St James's House "The Guide to Excellence 2013" is a lively and informative mix of news, views and features. Exploring how the university continues to thrive in changing times, the publication also highlights how selected organizations and institutions from around the world are promoting best practice.

The Cambridge University Students’ Union and the experts of the St. James’s House exclusively selected Tver State Medical Academy among all Russian medical universities for its constant dynamic development, historical heritage and recent achievements, diversity of students’ community, as well as the quality of international academic connections. The Guide emphasizes the level of teaching, thrilling clinical and research opportunities for future doctors at TverSMA, and highlights advantages of studying medicine in Tver.

Regional master-class in urology with international participation took place in Vishniy Volochek (Tver region) from January 31 to February 2, 2013. This event was jointly organized by Tver State Medical Academy and the Central district hospital of Vishniy Volochek.

The program was conducted and attended by specialists of TverSMA, medical practitioners from several hospitals of the Tver region, and two urologists of the Clinic for Urology and Pediatric Urology of the Catholic hospital in Erfurt, University of Jena, Germany, with which Tver State Medical Academy has been keeping partnership for the recent several years.

The agenda of the master-class included 5 demonstrations of surgeries, 3 reports and session of professional discussions. The Russian and German participants of the program gave high evaluation for its content, organizational level and rich opportunities for professional networking.

Students and university staff of Tver State Medical Academy, together with their guests from Tver city and abroad celebrated the festival of Diwali on November 17, 2012. In the modern and diverse India Diwali is considered to be the celebration of a new year, however this holiday has different interpretations in different regions of the country. In the north of India it is the celebration of the day of the return of Rama after long years of wanderings. The southerners believe that Diwali is the victory day of Rama over the demon king. But no one in India would argue the fact that Diwali is the victory of good over evil, the triumph of knowledge and enlightenment.

Diwali is definitely the leading festival that unites overseas Indian diaspora living in numerous countries of the world, including Russia. This festival is celebrated annually at Tver State Medical Academy – the leading university of Russia in regards to the number of students from India.

The delegation of Tver State Medical Academy visited the West Kazakhstan Marat Ospanov State Medical University (Kazakhstan) on October 17-19, 2012. TverSMA has been implementing joint research and educational projects together with the West Kazakhstan State Medical University since 2009.

The recent visit to Kazakhstan was highlighted by signing a new cooperation agreement that will provide significant opportunities for collaboration primarily in microbiology and dental medicine.